“So You Think You Can Dance”: Episode Recap

By

Tracy Watson

Jul 16, 2009 11:00 am ET

We’re halfway through the season, and things are getting switched up. From this point, couples are chosen by picking names out of a hat. We are also treated to solos from dancers we haven’t yet seen do a solo. And, the judges — joined this week by Debbie Allen — no longer have power on elimination night. The contestants’ fate is in viewers’ hands.

The fantastic: Travis Wall, runner up of the show’s second season, returned to choreograph a contemporary routine for Jeanine Mason and Jason Glover — each having lost their previous partners (Phillip Chbeeb and Caitlin Kinney) last week. With little time to build chemistry, they were asked in their dance to channel lifelong friends who become lovers. And they nailed it.